JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Blue Foundation has new Officers and a new Board of Directors following election at the annual meeting of its members and the annual meeting of the Board. A new Director has been elected and six Directors re-elected to the seven-person Board of Directors of the Florida Blue Foundation. The philanthropic affiliate of Florida Blue supports community-based solutions that help people and communities achieve better health.

The new Director is Jannifer Harper, M.D., ‎Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Florida Blue. Dr. Harper was elected to a one-year term, serving through February 2016.

As the only statewide health philanthropy in Florida, the Florida Blue Foundation enables healthy communities by making grants, building coalitions and rewarding best practices. More than three million people in Florida have received direct health services as a result of grants made to nonprofit organizations since our founding in 2001. Florida Blue Foundation is the trade name for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Foundation, Inc. The Florida Blue Foundation is an affiliate of Florida Blue, Florida’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield company, and GuideWell Group Inc. The Foundation is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies. For more information about the Foundation, please visit www.floridabluefoundation.com.

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